A fun test

 How quickly can you find the number that is not 529?

Roasted Butternut Squash Seeds

 I used this recipe to roast some butternut squash seeds recently.  They were delicious!

Kathy had mentioned doing this on her blog for pumpkin seeds.

I scooped the seeds out of the butternut squash after cutting it and boiled them for 10 minutes in salted water.  Next I dried and laid out the seeds on a tray lined with parchment paper.Then I roasted them with some oil and seasonings for about 20-25 minutes at 300F until they were toasted.  They make a delicious snack!

I made a  mashed butternut squash with the squash itself.

Easy Banana Pancakes

Mary Kirkland shared her banana pancake recipe and I tried it!  It is flatter, more like a fritter, sweet tasting and delicious!  It is a simple easy recipe.

2 eggs

1 large banana

1/4 tsp cinnamon

1/2 tsp vanilla

oil or butter for frying

Mix all the ingredients in a bowl and cook in oil or butter 1/2 c at a time.
 

There are more traditional banana pancake recipes if you prefer the fluffier kind.  I like quick and easy sometimes.

No Poop Zone and preposting

No Poop Zone

I thought this was a cute sign, a good idea.

The other day I preposted a post a year in advance!  I am not sure that is a good idea, who knows what we will be doing a year from now.  It is just a poppy I painted and thought it would be good for next Remembrance Day!  I know I am getting ahead of myself!  Do you prepost a lot?

 

Friday Art - Clint Eastwood

 This is a portrait I did last year based on the 1966 movie 'The good, the bad and the ugly' of Clint Eastwood.

Linking to Nicole's Friday Face Off and to Gillena's Art For Fun Fridays.

Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date - Cups and Greek Lemon Potatoes

Welcome to Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date.

Here is my art piece for the 'Cups' theme, an ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 1/2") using oil paint markers, outlined with a PITT marker on black poster paper cut to size.

 For the dinner date, I made some Greek Lemon Potatoes.  They were delicious. I found it easier to follow the youtube video in the link.

 I used 1 tsp of salt instead of the 2 tsps in the recipe.  Next time I would use less lemon juice too, maybe 1/4c instead of 1/3c.

Here is my recipe:

Oven 390F

6 medium potatoes

1 1/2c low sodium chicken stock

1/2c olive oil

1/4c lemon juice

5 cloves garlic minced

1 tsp salt

Peel and cut the potatoes into wedges.

In a 9 x 13 baking pan place the potatoes and all the ingredients and mix well.  Bake 20 minutes.

Stir all the ingredients, bake another 20 minutes.  Move the potatoes to a flat baking tray and spoon some liquid over them.  Bake 20 minutes.  Turn once, bake another 5 minutes.  

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